Why Mindfulness Matters. Today

Nick Hammond

Contact me at - mindfulnessmatterstoday1@gmail.com

"Make sure you weave your parachute every day, rather than leave it to the time you have to jump out of the plane." Jon Kabat-Zinn.

Difficult things will happen to all of us at some point in our lives. Lots of little things and likely a few big things. The question is not if, but how we must deal with them. Mindfulness is a considerable help in dealing with the challenges we must face - letting us ‘float down’ gently and kindly; and ensuring that we ‘weave our parachute everyday’.

Following a significant bereavement in 2018, I have found meditation practice and mindfulness to be a considerable support. These have provided me with both hope, and the practical skills to discover different way of living, and a new way to live.

My quest is to use mindfulness as a tool to support individuals and businesses in the areas of wellbeing, productivity and an overall improved approach to living. My approach combines a passion for mindfulness, a range of teaching qualifications and understanding of the business world based on 30+ years experience.

Client work includes - The Financial Times, Oxford Mindfulness Foundation, Vespa Capital, MMGY Hills Balfour, Let’s Talk Talent, Home Farm Glamping, Clandon Wood Natural Burial Ground, Hablo Wellbeing.

Event speaking work includes - Safaplace Conference, Every Little Thing Festival, Mindfulness Manchester Festival, IOP Publishing Conference.

A bit about me -

• I am a Mindfulness Teacher. My completed courses include (with The Mindfulness Network) :

  • Teacher Training Level Two

  • Teaching Training Level One

  • MBSR Specialist

  • Inquiry

  • Groupwork

• Readiness to teach - Mindfulness in the Workplace (Oxford Mindfulness Foundation)

• Readiness to teach - Finding Peace in a Frantic World

• Fierce Self Compassion, with Dr Kristin Neff

• Studying for Masters in Mindfulness at Bangor University

• Trustee (Deputy Chair) of The Mindfulness Network

• Street Wizard at Street Wisdom (street-based creativity and mindfulness workshops). My TED talk on Street Wisdom, here.

• Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts (RSA)

  
  

• Marketing and Advertising Director with 30+ years experience

• Meditation Practice recordings can be found here on Insight Timer and my mindfulness blog here.

• Currently Board Director at two marketing agencies. Mdsg.eu and thedigitalfilter

• My passions include my family (Jo ,Rory, Luke and Miles) outdoor swimming and walking my dog (Elliott) in the Surrey Hills.

mindfulnessmatterstoday1@gmail.com